Ukraine wins Eurovision 2022: BBC News Review

Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest after public vote.

This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

I'm Rob - and joining me to talk about this story is Roy. Hello, Roy.

Hello, Rob and hello everybody.

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BBC news report...

Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place last night in Turin in Italy.

The United Kingdom came second in its best result for more than twenty years,

with Sam Ryder's entry, Spaceman. The UK won the most votes

from the music industry experts,

but when the public votes were added, Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra

leapt to first place.

So, Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest with

the UK's Sam Ryder coming in in second.

The Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine won the competition

after moving up to first place due to the public vote.

Yes, and we have three words and expressions from

the news headlines about this story,

haven't we? What are they please, Roy?

We do. We have: warms our heart, glorious rebuke and in hand.

That's: warms our heart,

glorious rebuke and in hand.

OK, let's pick that first phrase from your first headline, please.

OK, so our first headline comes from Euronews and it reads:

That's 'warms our heart' causes happy and positive feelings.

Yes. So, this is a three-word expression. First word 'warms' w. a. r. m. s.

The second word is a possessive pronoun, so in the headline

it's 'our' but it could be 'my'

'your','his', 'her',

and so on. And the third word is 'heart' -

h. e. a. r. t. and it basically means 'to cause a happy feeling'.

OK, so let's break down this phrase and look at the word 'warms'.

That means becoming hotter, making it

perhaps, more pleasant.

Are we literally warming our heart up here?

No, we're not now.

Now, when we talk about warming our hearts, we're actually talking

about filling it full of, kind of, happy and positive feelings.

so, it kind of gives you that warm feeling inside

and sometimes when we're talking about a story -

a happy story -

you could say it 'warms our heart' or it could be a 'heart-warming story'.

Yeah, especially like, real life stories can warm your heart

when you hear some good news.

I suppose, a bit like your family -

Your family lived in Brazil.

You've managed to move them over to the UK -

so you're reunited.

There's a story that warmed my heart, at least, Roy.

Oh, well, thank you. Yeah.

After two and a half to three years apart, due to the pandemic,

and various reasons, we finally got together,

I'm glad you find that heart warming.

You could also say 'it's an up-lifting story' or even if we're talking sometimes

about love, we say that a new love could give you 'the warm and fuzzies'.

Now, that fuzzy feeling is that excited feeling and a warm feeling again

is that happiness.

So, sometimes a new love will give you the warm and fuzzies.

Yeah, so a good news story warms our heart.

Good. Let's have a summary.

Now, in our Lingohack programme,

we had a heart-warming story all about Gaspard the fox.

How can we meet this fox again, Roy?

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in the description below.

Now, let's move on to your next headline, please.

Yeah, OK, so our next headline comes from the Mail Online

and it reads:

That's 'glorious rebuke' - admirable act of criticising

someone's words or actions.

OK, so this is a two-word expression. First word is glorious -

g. l. o. r. i. o. u. s.

Second word 'rebuke' -

r. e. b. u. k. e.

And 'rebuke' basically means speaking to someone in an angry way, very strongly,

about something they've said or they've done. And 'glorious' relates

to that criticism being magnificent.

So, if we look at that second word 'rebuke' -

now, this is quite a strong way of speaking to someone, isn't it?

Yes, so this means to speak to someone angrily about what they've said

or they've done - effectively giving them some strong, very strong criticism.

Now, that word 'rebuke' can be used as it is, as a noun in the headline,

or it can be also used as a verb.

So, for example, your boss could rebuke you for a bad performance on a project.

OK, is there an alternative to that word 'rebuke'?

Well, 'rebuke' is quite formal. Another formal word is 'berates' or, informally,

you could 'lay into somebody'.

So, my boss laid into me for my bad performance,

but that can also be used both physically and verbally.

So, be careful with that one. Another way of saying it, is 'to lecture someone'

or 'give someone a lecture'.

Let's talk about that word 'glorious' because we talked about 'glorious rebuke'.

'Glorious' I associate with the weather.

When the sun's out, we have a beautiful day,

it's a glorious day.

That's right. The word 'glorious' can mean something like

'amazing'! It's very positive.

It's quite a formal word and it can mean something like

'amazing', 'magnificent' or 'fantastic'.

And, if I wanted to say... use it informally,

I might just say 'it's an awesome day' and also that word 'glorious'

can be used as it is in the headlines talking about admiration - expressing admiration.

Well, your explanation was glorious. Let's have a summary.

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Right, let's look at your next headline now, please.

OK, so our next headline, come from ABC News

and it reads Eurovision win in hand.

In hand - obtained.

OK, so this is a two-word expression. First word 'in'

i. n. Second word 'hand'

h. a. n. d.

And it basically means 'obtained', 'received' or 'got'.

But we're not looking at this literally, are we?

They haven't got something in their hand?Have they. Well, yes.

Well, yes and no. For example, when you win something,

sometimes you receive an award or a kind of trophy,

that would be held in your hand.

But, in terms of the headline,

no, we're not really talking about a literal meaning. It's just being used to say that

they have won. That the results are now theirs.

OK, so we're using it here to talk about a win.

What else can we use that expression for?

Well, we often use it to talk about to say we've obtained or

received, or got, positive results.

So, as you said, you can talk about wins - win 'in hand'.

You can talk about results 'in hand'. For example, at school,

if you take exams and you get all the marks or grades that you need,

you can say 'I have the grades

I need in hand'.

Yeah, and what are the other uses of 'in hand'?

Well, 'in hand' can be used to say that something is under control.

So, if there is a bad situation and the security

take control of the situation,

they can say... you can say that the security guards have got the situation

'in hand'. Another way we can use it, is to say that something is 'in progress',

it's got a similar idea of being under control.

If you're at work and there is some work that needs doing, a job that needs doing,

you can say that the work is 'in hand' or the job is 'in hand',

which means that someone is working on it.

Well, luckily, we have this programme 'in hand' and we have a summary for you.

Now Roy, please could you recap the vocabulary

and expressions that we've been talking about today, please?

Of course I can. We had 'warms our heart' -

causes positive and happy feelings.

We had 'glorious rebuke' - admirable act of criticising someone's words or actions.

And, we had 'in hand' - obtained.

Now, if you want to test your understanding on the expressions

we've discussed today,

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